What is special about Children's & Family Ministries at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood?

Our Purpose (why we exist): To serve as a resource to children and their families for building community, supporting family life, and cultivating relationship with Jesus Christ.

Our Vision (what we hope to do): To welcome all children and families into a faith community that encourages each person to grow in their identity as a follower of Jesus Christ and member of His Church.

Sunday Morning Programs

September 9, 2018 – June 9, 2019

Worship times: 8:30 (Wylie Chapel) and 11am (Sanctuary)

8:15: Nursery Opens

9:15 - 12:30 Sunday School for Early childhood (Extended Care for the 11am Worship service beginning at 10:45)

Note: Pre-K combines with the Preschool Green room starting at 10:45.• Children turning 2 by/before September 1, 2017:2nd floor of the Preschool Building, ORANGE ROOM• Children turning 3 by/before September 1, 2017:2nd floor of the Preschool Building, GREEN ROOM• Pre-K classroom on the 1st floor of the Preschool Building, located closest to the stairs

9:15 - 10:45: Sunday School for K-6K-6 begin in Worship & Praise: Children will learn to lead and participate in musical worship. Each group will lead corporate worship 6-7 times during the school year.• K-2nd grades start at 9:15 in the 2nd grade room. Parents must sign-in; please try to arrive on time.• 3rd-6th grades start at 9:15 in the 4th grade room. Parents must sign-in; please try to arrive on time. Volunteers will transfer children to age-specific classrooms after Worship & Praise.• Kindergarten: Parents pick up at 10:45; classroom located on the 1st floor of the Preschool Building, second classroom from the stairs.• Grades 1-4: Parents pick up at 10:45; grade-level rooms in the Christian Ed. Building, 2nd floor.• Grades 5 & 6: Parents pick up at 10:45; Lower Terrace (David Schall Theater).• All children must be picked up by 10:45am.

Children's Church (K-4)All children in Kindergarten and older get to worship with their families during the 11am service. After the children's message (around 11:20), children Kindergarten-4th grade may go with volunteers to Children's Church in the 3rd grade room.

Children's Church is a time for fun, age-appropriate learning which prepares children for corporate worship as they get older. This is not a substitute for Sunday School as it focuses less on Bible stories and more on practicing the skills needed for corporate worship including, but not limited to active listening, practicing various types of worship, Creeds, the Doxology, the Lord's Prayer, and understanding the purpose and methods of offering, the Lord's Supper, and Baptism.